XBOX ONE PRICE STRATEGY

If you've been anxious to get your hands on an Xbox One, it may be a good time to invest. Numerous retailers have been cutting the $499 price of the next-generation console by $50.

Walmart, Best Buy, and Target have all dropped the console’s price to $449. The price is for consoles packaged with Xbox One's exclusive new game "Titanfall" and another bundle including Forza Motorsport 5.

A video game site reported the price of the next-gen console actually reached $399 for a while on Amazon (the same price as the PS4) with a discount code.

Microsoft also started selling both bundles on its site for the reduced price. The drop in price comes as Sony's PS4 is dominating the gaming market.

As of March 22, Sony has sold approximately 6.3 million consoles — and is having trouble keeping up with demand.

Microsoft has sold 3.4 million Xbox One consoles, out of the 3.9 million it shipped.

Now Microsoft is selling the XBOX ONE for $400 but without the Kinect. Retailers have noticed that the demand of the console sold without the Kinect is on the rise and is over taking the console bundled with the Kinect.

Indeed sales will go up but at what price.

Next Gen Console Comparison Sales

Sony's PlayStation 4 continues its dominance in the next-gen video game console sales battle, officially reaching six million units sold back in  March.

According to USA Today, the announcement came just weeks after the console was released in Japan. The PS4 was released in the U.S. and Europe in Nov. The console's Feb. 22 launch in Japan marked the last country or region to get the PS4.

Like The Xbox One, on the other hand, was released worldwide on Nov. 22 and has sold about 3.5 million units to date.

It is absolutely outstanding that the PS4 is off to such a great start in Japan. People have responded well  to the PS4 system's integrated social capabilities, and gamers are utilizing these unique features to engage, share, play and connect with users around the world.  

Sony is seeing encouraging signs from its PS4-exclusive title "Killzone: Shadow Fall," which has sold 2.1 million units. The company is also did well in the release of "inFamous: Second Son", also a PS4-exclusive title, back in March, selling over 1 Million copies in the first nine days. The best seller list is still mostly made up of titles available on both the PS4 and the PS3, like "Call of Duty: Ghosts," "Assassin's Creed IV" and "Fifa 14."

March was also going to be key for the Xbox One and Xbox 360, as "Titanfall," a first-person shooter from the same people who helped make "Call of Duty," releases March 11 in North America and March 13 in Europe. Microsoft has also designated those release dates for the Xbox One and will release the game for the 360 console weeks later. Titanfall reached less than 1 Million copies sold in three weeks, being an exclusive.

New Generation Consoles

The New Generation Consoles have been out since November so is it time to update yet? People usually take their time to find out everything and anything on a console they want to purchase. From checking out all possible specs to the exclusive games coming out for only particular consoles. Some people just enjoy going out on release day to get the new device. Everyone to their own choice. But updating will soon be needed in order to play the latest games and by 2015 new gen will be needed.

Netflix

Netflix is taking over literally. Netflix can be found on practically any up to date electronical device. From cell phones to tablets to computers to gaming platforms it is every where. Now the new gen consoles come with Netflix pre installed, all you have to do is log in and enjoy. Lots of movies and shows to go around any day everyday.

Batman Arkham Knight

The finale of Rocksteady's Batman Arkham series! Batman Arkham Knight is the new work in progress installment for the game series. Which rallies Batman's greatest villains to defeat the Dark Knight once and for all. Featuring a fully realized Gotham, players can now drive the Batmobile to survey the city and bring justice to the streets.

Japan's Mascot For FIFA World Cup

Adidas and The Pokemon Company have announced that Pikachu is the official mascot for the Japanese football team for this summer's 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
Pikachu, indubitably the team captain, will be joined on the Pokemon squad by Meowth, Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle, Chespin, Froakie, Fennekin, Pancham, Helioptile, and Litleo.
The 2014 World Cup begins on June 12. Japan’s opponents in the group stages include Greece and Columbia.

X-Men: Evolution

X-Men: Evolution is an American animated television series about the Marvel Comics superhero team X-Men. Back when I was younger I would watch this series but surprisingly I did not finish watching it so i have decided to take it upon myself to rewatch the series from the beginning. In this series you will practically notice that the characters are an incarnation, many of the characters are teenagers rather than adults. Which is pretty cool because they are going through similar things teens now a days are going through, besides being mutants. The series ran for a total of four seasons (52 episodes) from November 2000 until October 2003 and is the third longest-running Marvel Comics animated series. If you're a fan check it out.

The Fair

          When the Fair comes around it is usually looked as for entertainment but if you are in High School this might be neat. Miami-Dade County high school seniors may apply for more than $70,000 in college scholarships offered this spring by the Miami-Dade County Fair & Exposition. Seniors enrolled in public and private high schools in Miami-Dade County are eligible for the awards. To date, The Fair has awarded over $8 million in scholarships, premiums, and awards to Miami-Dade high school graduates to help them achieve college educations. This program is a cornerstone of our commitment to community service...... Who knew.

Mario Kart Just Got Real

          Mario Kart the video game has now been transferred and transformed to be done in real time. This was not done by only adding Mario Kart accesories in real-life: speed bursts, turtle shells and four-player split screens. This all occured in order to cross-promote Nintendo’s new Mario Kart 8 with a new Pennzoil motor oil, the two companies joined forces to create the most accurate version of the beloved racing game on a real-life track. The break down of this is each kart was outfitted with an RFID tag reader that registered RFID tags on the track. These tags were item icons: speed bursts, turtle shells, etc. When a kart hit a speed burst icon, it sped up; when it hit a turtle shell, it slowed down. Each race consisted of three-and-a-half laps around the RFID-laced track. The karts also have GoPro cameras that fed each driver’s point-of-view to a jumbo monitor next to the track. These feeds formed a four-player split screen that resembled the video game’s split screen.

North Korea

          North Korea fired 25 short-range rockets into the sea off its east coast Sunday seemed to be in a continuation of protests against ongoing U.S.-South Korean military drills. Short-range rocket tests are usually considered routine, as opposed to North Korean long-range rocket or nuclear tests, which are internationally condemned as provocations. North Korea has conducted a string of similar short-range launches in recent weeks that have coincided with the annual military drills by allies Washington and Seoul. North Korea's view on the matter is that the drills are a preparation for an invasion. The allies say the exercises, which last year prompted North Korean threats of nuclear war against the South and the United States, are routine and defensive in nature.

Traveling For The Social Holiday

Lunar New Year has finally arrived to those who celebrate it.
Lunar New Year is the Chinese New Year and it is the biggest social holiday for them. This major social holiday takes place from January 21st through February 20th. It is usually roughly celebrated for around fifteen days.
The Chinese associated an animal, a horse, to the upcoming observance.
The Chinese celebrate their biggest social holiday by traveling back home from their bustling cities to the rural areas where their family live. The residents have faced different challenges in order to travel in the worlds most populous nation. Traveling home is quite difficult since getting a train ticket is a challenge. Everyone is taking the train to travel. The trains are really packed with no space to even breath.

College Athletes
Some time ago I found out something pretty interesting. And it is also quite shocking. College athletes are hold quite holy on the court, field or track but when it comes to reading there is no magic happening.
Houston we have a problem. Some student Athletes can not even read basic text and have to sound out the longer words first before attempting to try to pronounce them.
They are getting accepted in prestigious colleges even though they do not make the grade. It is all about the money not about the students education.

Is It Really Cold

The weather yet again has started to act up. It went from being hot and humid to cold and windy....... Not everyone is use to this drastic change in weather, which is out of the blue.
A lot of running around at last minute looking for a sweater, jacket, and maybe even a thick blanket.
The weather is acting up all over the world. In places that are usually hot is now cold, places that are cold are frozen!
Places like Australia, which is normally hot is now even hotter and dry. People there are collapsing because they can't take the heat.

2014 Has Arrived.

Happy New Years! 
As everyone says this year will be better than the last. But we have to work for it! Getting on the right track, structuring/organizing our daily life activities. Hopefully everyones year will go swell, and all the set goals that may have been set will get followed through.